Sending Zach Redmond to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Nicolas Deslauriers has proved to have been a pretty good deal for the Montreal Canadiens. Granted it looked like a patented Marc Bergevin trade in acquiring a player who couldn’t lineup anywhere higher than the bottom nine.
Deslauriers’ first game with the Habs didn’t go as well as he wanted. A lot of people held his fight with Zac Rinaldo as the trigger for Arizona’s comeback, but besides that, he went unnoticed. However, his game has improved so much to the point that his line along with Byron Froese and Daniel Carr has been the most effective overall.